Have You Heard the New Song from Fastway?

Fastway has released a stream of their new song “Leave the Light On”. Fastway now features Toby Jepson (Little Angels, Gun) on vocals. Fastway’s new album, Eat Dog Eat will be released November 14th in Europe, and November 16th in Germany. (No U.S. Release date yet).

You can check out additional sound samples at Fastway’s site here! (P.S. – The Samples sound really good!!)

Eat Dog Eat Track Listing:

1. Deliver me
2. Fade out
3. Leave the light on
4. Loving fool
5. Dead and gone
6. Sick as a dog
7. Freedom song
8. Do you believe
9. Love I need
10. On and on

I’ve been a huge Fastway fan since the debut (and a Motorhead fan before that!). That being said – I’m not really moved by any of the samples or the full length song. It pains me to say that, because I was desperately hoping it would be Fastway. It sounds more like an older Motorhead album to me.

If you’re looking for We Become One or Say What You Will, it ain’t here.

The samples sound slow and laborious. That’s not Fastway. Fastway had an energy and upbeat tempo to it, in general. This seems like an attempt to sound more current, more hip. I can appreciate that, but when are these guys gonna learn? I don’t want Fast Eddie’s interpretation of today’s music – I want classic Fastway. This ain’t it.

One last point – Fastway and Fast Eddie is (was) known for catchy licks and memorable hooks, neither of which I heard here. This seems to be a problem for most artists these days – it seems like they’re content with simply ‘going through the motions’ of playing some non-descript chords and just playing a song.

Think Iron Maiden – first 4 or 5 albums were astonishing (like the first Fastway). Unfortunately, Iron Maiden has been putting out the same album for 15 years…. :^(